Bucket List: Red Rocks!

Colorado road trip'n ]with Karen to a concert at Red Rocks

To see the amazing and magical Elephant Revival!

Bucket List: Red Rocks!

Colorado road trip'n with Karen to a concert at Red Rocks

To see the amazing and magical Elephant Revival!

BFFs in Vegas

This time my BFF flew in to meet me in Vegas.  I swear it took a full day for our excitement being together in such a great place to subside so we could think straight.  Lots of walking, happy hours and best of all, Brooks and Dunn with Reba show! Such a fine, fine time.

2014 Walnut Valley Festival

It seems like I wait patiently all year for this bluegrass festival.  I get to enjoy the outdoors camping, great live entertainment and hang with a good friend.  The temps were a little on the warm side and we had just one early morning light rain shower.  That great friend made up wonderful meals and my favorite adult beverages, Margarona's.  We swam in the river, rode our bicycles and spent each cool morning and night around a campfire...just plain good fun.

 

Around the Campsite

 Easy Friendships

 Lots of Knitting

 A Great Fiber Vendor

Until next year, Winfield!

Wichita River Festival 2013

I miss working downtown, more so now than ever during this year's Riverfest. So I called up a couple former coworkers and we spent the night eating funnel cakes, drinking beer and hooting it up to country outlaws, Montgomery Gentry.  They put on an excellent show and we shared a few old-time laughs.

Texas Antiques Weekend

 Mother / Daughter Road Trip - April 3-7

Our first antique stop in Warrenton, TX



Gypsy Photo Booth



Junk Gypsies

The Antiques

Oh, the boutiques and dressing room trailers!

JunK-O-RaMA PrOm

A magical night of glamour and music under the Texas sky

Round Top Antiques Fair

Round Top, TX

Kenny Chesney Concert - Austin, TX 360 Amphitheater



Lonestar Round Up Car Show



Yarn for some new knitting projects from Hill Country Weavers



Shopping in downtown Austin

Dinner on the river, bridge bats and a pedi taxi ride along Congress Avenue

1,588 miles of love, laughs, fun and adventure!





Campmates & Bluegrass

I now have campmates! Angelique drove in from New Mexico and picked up our LYS goddess, Shelly, and they set up camp beside me. To my delight, they brought a stove and "real" food to prepare along with cheese, crackers and wine. We have been living it up.

There are several stages set up on the fairgrounds. We laid out blankets on the hill by Stage 2 and knit the day away while huddled under umbrellas during periods of light rain. Later tonight we set under cover at the grandstand and saw The Wilders perform while down below a group of women danced around in can-can/tutu skirts, cowboy hats and boots while waving around bright glow sticks. It was somewhat magical and they looked liked dancing fairies. Tommy Emmanuel played a mean guitar and my favorite turned out to be Michael Martin Murphey and his cowboy songs. After he performed I got to go up and meet him and get some CD's signed. That was pretty awesome.

Walnut Valley Bluegrass Festival

The Walnut Valley Bluegrass festival in Winfield starts tomorrow so I got my tent set up all by myself (GIRL POWER!) at the far west end of Pecan Grove, right beside the Walnut River and across from the 24 hour west entrance. This campground is where all the "action" takes place outside of the main grandstand where all the big name acts perform. In this area, smaller stages are built for the amateurs to perform as well as gather around and play in their own camp sites. Basically, music is going on all night throughout the area.

My friend Karen was set up in the same area and I got to hang out with her family and see her son, Dylan, perform on Stage 5 with his band, Sizzle Biscuit from McPherson, KS. It's such a good, hippie vibe here in Winfield, KS and I'm enjoying a night to myself in my own tent listening to the sounds of fiddles playing from the campsite next to me.

Goin' Coastal

Kenny Chesney brought his Goin' Coastal Tour 2011 to Wichita tonite at Intrust Arena and I invited my best riding bud, Melanie along to the show. Uncle Kracker opened and then it was Billy Currington pleasing the crowd with his song, "God is great, beer is good and people are crazy." Corona was the tour sponsor and I had my own special little goin' coastal Corona moment. Kenny was great.

Nothing Like This Tour

Rascal Flatts came to town and me and my work girls had a night out complete with margaritas and lots of laughs and big fun.

Life is a highway - I wanna ride it all night long...

Last Rodeo

Yes, Brooks & Dunn, "We're Gonna Miss You When You're Gone". That song made me cry, as did "Neon Moon" and my most favorite "Believe". Other than that, the show was very good and it's so hard to hear them say goodbye. Their music has been a big part of the last 20 years of my life.

Country Music Tour of 2010

Country music royalty came to town tonight for a sold out show. That's George Strait and Reba McEntire along with the beautiful, LeAnn Womack. Having the stage in the middle of the Arena made for a more intimate feeling concert. Also, this time, I wasn't in the nose-bleed section which made it all the more enjoyable. With over 50 #1 singles, it was hard to imagine which songs George would perform but it seems like the King (& Queen) covered all my favorites.

Brad Paisley in Wichita

YEEHAW!! Brad Paisley was honored to open up our new arena and made a joke that we wouldn't find any gum under our chairs or beer spills under our feet (yet). It was exciting just to be there and that helped us deal with the very tight seating arrangements. I knew every word to his songs and he expertly played his guitar throughout the entire set. He's very entertaining. I must also mention my girl, Miranda Lambert, was her sassy, redneck self just kick'n it in some killer rhinestone boots. She sure can write some good songs. Besides hanging out with our good friends, Dave and Laurie, I ran into several other girlfriends who were just as excited to be there as I was.